diff --git a/modules/distribution/internal/holder/holder_test.go b/modules/distribution/internal/holder/holder_test.go
index 040aa9d21..473c11379 100644
--- a/modules/distribution/internal/holder/holder_test.go
+++ b/modules/distribution/internal/holder/holder_test.go
@@ -843,10 +843,12 @@ func TestTheHolderOfTheTwoImageSeats(t *testing.T) {
 		if m.Packages["git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/modules/mesh-delivery-builder/builds"] != "0.1" {
 			t.Errorf("packages %v: want builds of series 0.1", m.Packages)
 		}
-		// E15: the provision artifact-store retired (ADR 0632 §3): distribution provides and serves nothing, and the
-		// store is found by its seats' holder and the listen it opens to the mesh.
-		if len(m.Provides) != 0 || len(m.Serves) != 0 {
-			t.Errorf("provides = %+v, serves = %v, want neither: the provision artifact-store retired", m.Provides, m.Serves)
+		// E15: the provision artifact-store retires (ADR 0632 §3); the bootstrap keeps it as an alias on port 5100 while
+		// the running node-engines still find the store by it (issue 1966), and nothing else is provided or served.
+		alias, _ := m.Serves["artifact-store"].(map[string]any)
+		port, _ := alias["port"].(float64)
+		if len(m.Provides) != 1 || m.Provides[0].Name != "artifact-store" || len(m.Serves) != 1 || port != 5100 {
+			t.Errorf("provides = %+v, serves = %v, want only the artifact-store alias on port 5100", m.Provides, m.Serves)
 		}
 		claims := map[string][]string{}
 		for _, c := range m.Claims {